When I do a carpet to tile transition, I like to mount a tack strip a quarter inch or so away from the tile edge and tuck the carpet into the gap. Is this a satisfactory method to transition between 3/8" glued down engineered and carpet? Since I don't plan to use a header board, do the cut edges of the boards need more protection? Should I put a small bevel on the top edge of the wood to ease it a little bit?

Thanks,
Don

That's how I do I unless they have endcap moldings and the I tack and tuck next to them

TIP: Carpet seam sealer in the gully before you tuck it in. This keeps it from pulling out a nd raveling.

Thanks for the tip. I use yellow glue on the edge of the carpet itself. Never thought of simply laying a bead in the gully and tucking. Duh!

I suppose I should cut my wood so I leave tongues at the end and install a header board or make up a piece of endcap. I don't think I can find a commercial piece that will work without being more bother than making my own. The extra trouble to cap that end will probably be worthwhile in the long run.

Don

Or, geta bit for your router to cut a slot in the boards, and use slip tongue to join them. Then, you can just use your of cuts from the previous rows to start the new, unless you've got a bevel you can't deal with.

Cut slots in 3/8" boards with a router? You trying to make me bleed?

No. I use a laminate trimmer, its a router about the size of a coffee bean grinder. Mine is the Porter Cable, and I use the offset nose on mine. It's a one hander. I can email you some pics if you like, as I still haven't master the resize and down load stuff for these sites. I head off all my areas that end to carpet, just like that, using a slot cutter. Making spline is easy, I use my old Makita 8 1/2 table saw, and cut them from 5/16 oak flooring. My buddy is an old school guy, and used to install 5/16 top nail, and gave me a lifetime supply of the stuff. I will be more then happy to help you out, anyway I can.

Thanks SK. I'll PM you an address.

I don't think it's possible to post pictures directly to this forum. It looks like you have to post a link to a picture that resides at another URL.